March 2016

Saana, More than two dozen civilians have lost their lives in another Saudi aerial attack against a residential neighborhood in Yemen’s west-central Yemen province of Sana’a. On Tuesday, Saudi fighter jets launched an airstrike against…

London, British Defense Secretary Michael Fallon said Monday he is sending a training team of about 20 soldiers to Tunisia to help prevent people from crossing into the country illegally from neighboring Libya. Islamic State…

By Dina Esfandiary and Ariane Tabatabai On 26 February, Iranians voted to elect the new members of their legislative body and the assembly of experts. While the parliament’s resultant shift to the centre does not…

Geneva, Countries sponsoring the Syria peace process are meeting in Geneva amid complaints that a new cessation of hostilities deal is quickly unravelling. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Monday that the cessation arrangement was…

Damascus, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad described the cessation of hostilities in force since Saturday as a “glimmer of hope” and accused the opposition of violating the agreement intended to halt nearly five years of fighting….